Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-01-13
CONGRESSIONAL,
The Senate Passes Bill Granting a
Pension to Mrs. Logan.

Pension to Mrs. Logan.
Also Hi Increasing tho Pension Of
the widow OF Gen. FrancisP
Blair.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Sin the Senate
to-day Mitchell. of Pennsylvania, made
motion that pension be granted to
Mrs. Logan. Coke, Of Texas. objected
and the matter therefore went over.
Among the papers submitted to the Sen.
ate was one from the Secretary of War,
in response to resolutions of inquiry to
the apportionment of money for the i'm
provement Of the Missouri river. Also
various memorials of public bodies in
favor of the passage of the Interstate
commerce bill. Cullom presented
memorial Of the Pittsburgh chamber Of
commerce in favor of the passage of the
Interstate commerce bill. Also of the
proceedings of the railroad convention
on the same subject. Henderson offered
a resolution calling on the Secretary of
the Interior for information as to the
school lands confirmed to the State of
Nebraska, in the meantime requesting
the suspension of public entries on such
lands. Adopted. Mcpherson offered a
resolution calling on the Secretary of
the Treasury for the statement of in
debtedness of the Pacific railroad com.
panies to the government Jan. /, 1887,
with details of payments made on &C.
count of same; also as to sums due or to
become due principal and INTEREST," un'
der the existing law severally, and what
difference will result to tho treasury IL
the pending Senate funding bill should
become a law Hoar moved to amend
the resolution by adding to it the words:
"And statement of all existing questions
in regard to the amount of such debts in
dispute between said companies and the
government" Pending debate on the
bill, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The House began the consideration in
committee of the whole, of bill for
freeing the Erie canal. The bill provides
for the issuing by the Secretary of the
Treasury of bonds bearing 81 per cent
interest to an amount not exceeding
So, 900, 900, to be delivered to the State Of
New York upon the completion of Ger
tain improvements therein specified, and
after the State had pledged its faith that
such canals shall be maintained by said
State free to the commerce of the United
States or in the event that these canals
shall cease to be free to the comm cree Of
the United States, the State will repay so
much as shall have been 80 received.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6-Among the
memorials presented to day and referred
were: BY Edmunds, of the committee
of the national convention OF the Pro-
tcstant Episcopal church, praying Con-
gress to provide for obtaining statistics
| Of marriage and divorce By Spooner,
| of the State Grange of Wisconsin, in
favor of passing the interstate commerce
| bill. By Blair, large number from
various organizations in all parts Of the
| country, asking legislation to prevent the
violation of the Sabbath in running rail
road trains. Among the bills introduced
| and referred were the following: BY
Worse, to protect the morals of minors In
the District of Columbia. Edmunds,
from the Committee on Foreign relations,
reported bill to incorporate the Mari
time Canal company, of Nicaragua.
Calendar. On motion of Senator Mitch
ell the bill to grant Mrs. Logan pension
of So, 600 year, as widow Off Major
General, was taken up. After some dis
cussion it passed without division. Sena-
tor Vest introduced bill increasing the
pension of the widow of Gen. Francis p.
Blair from $50 per month to 81, DOC
year. 1t was Immediately passed
The treaty with China to suppress the
opium traffic was taken up and passed.
Consideration of the Interstate com.
merce bill was resumed, Senator Plat
resuming his remarks.
HOUSE.
The House resumed, in committee oil
the whole. consideration of the bill fol
the permanent Improvement of the Erie
canal, and to secure the freedom of same
to the commerce of the United States,
The committee rose. and, with Springer
in the chair, again sat on the pension ap
preparation bill, which appropriatesS5. 00(
less than estimated by the pension com
missioner. The bill to re-organize the
navy was taken up, Boutelle, of Name
opposing. He declared the navy in arm
anent and sufficient for the present ant
probably for the future. One feature o.
the bill, he said, would practically rele
gate the engineering bureau to innocuou
desuetude just when the country wa
looking to that body to place the Ameri
can navy at the head of the words ocear
armament The committee rose, an(
Henderson, of Iowa, introduced bill
for bridge at Dubuque, Iowa, when tn,
House adjourned.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. THE Senat
passed bill to settle and adjust tn
claims of any State for expenses incurred
in the defense of the United States; alst
bill appropriating $50, 900 to the widow
and daughter of Erskine S. Allen, forme
Master of the Armory at Springfield, in
ventor of the Springfield breech-loadin!
rifle, in compensation for the use of tn,
invention by the government. Tn
Senate held an executive session, occupy
ing almost an hour. A number Of in
consequential nominations were con
firmed, after which the Mexican recipro
cal commerce treaty was taken up. TIL,
proposition was made to extend to tn
time within which Congressional actor
must be taken to May, 1888. This pre-
voked considerable discussion upon tn
question of ACCESSIBILITY of the treat
stipulations. The time, however, wa
finally extended as proposed.
HOUSE.
The Senate bin passed amending tn
, act for the sale of the Sac and Fox an
Iowa Indian reservations in Nebrask
and Kansas. The amendment provide
for the allotment of lands in severalty
widows and orphans. Hatch, of Missouri
made an unsuccessful effort to have tn
, private business dispensed with for tn
, day, for the purpose of enabling th
House to resume consideration Of tn
bill for the erection of department Q
agriculture and labor; but the house wer
into committee of the whole on privai
calendar. At the evening session til
) House passed forty-two pension bills, II
Guiding one granting pension of S.
per month to the widow of General Dul
bin Ward, and one granting like pei
sion to Grace L. Eads, whose husban
, lost his life while conducting torpedo e,
periments
HOUSE.
, WASHINGTON, Dec. S-The committe